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From: swilliam@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Williams)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Naval ship designations.
Message-ID: <1990Dec6.022811.20256@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 6 Dec 90 02:28:11 GMT
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From: swilliam@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Williams)

In article <1990Dec3.052454.4371@cbnews.att.com> ggroup4%hydra.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu (Games Group 4/Gym Quirk) writes:
>I have run across some ship designations that have thrown me for a
>loop.  I would appreciate any help/explanations.

>OPV  (U.K. _Island_ class)

OPV stands for offshore patrol vessel

>AOF(L) (U.K. _Olwen_ class)

AOF(L) stands for Auxiliary Fleet Oiler (Large).

>AOF(S) (U.K _Rover_ class)

AOF(S) stands for Auxiliary Fleet Oiler (Small)

>AFS (U.S. _Mars_ class)
>ATF (U.S. _Cherpkee_ class)
>T-AGOS (U.S. _Stalwart_ class [SURTASS ship, I think])
>AE (U.S. _Kilauea_ class)

 Auxiliary Ships Category
--------------------------
Mobile Logistic Ships:
   AD   destroyer tender
   AE   ammunition ship
   AF   store ship
   AFS  combat store ship
   AO   oiler
   AOE  fast combat support ship
   AOR  replenishment fleet tanker
   AR   repair ship
   AS   submarine tender
   ATA  auxiliary ocean tug
   ATF  fleet ocean tug
   ATS  salvage and rescue ship
Support Ships:
   AG   miscellaneous
   AGDS deep submergence support ship
   AGF  miscellaneous command ship
   AGM  missile range instrumentation ship
   AGOR oceanographic research ship
   AGOS ocean surveillance ship
   AGS  surveying ship
   AH   hospital ship
   AK   cargo ship
   AOG  gasoline tanker
   AOT  transport oiler
   AP   transport

>T-AO (U.S. _Mispillion_ class)
>        [Some kind of tanker, but what's the "T" for?]

"T" such as in "T-AO" indicates that the ship or craft is assigned to 
the Military Sealift Command and is civilian manned.  In this case "T" 
is not an official part of the ship classification.


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